Concluding a one-week visit to Chile, Amnesty International’s Secretary General Irene Khan has today issued an assessment of the human rights situation in the country and submitted a series of recommendations for President Bachelet’s last year in office.
“Despite some positive steps taken over the last 18 years, much remains to be done if Chile is [...]

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Amnesty International’s Secretary General Irene Khan today led a visit to Temuco to visit Mapuche communities and organizations working to protect the rights of Indigenous peoples.
Talking about her visit, Irene Khan said:
We came to Temuco to listen to the people, to look at how their dignity is threatened by the exclusion, discrimination and abuse of [...]

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Amnesty International’s Secretary General Irene Khan will lead a visit to Chile between 3 and 8 November 2008, ten years on from the arrest of Augusto Pinochet in London.
During the visit, Irene Khan will meet  survivors and relatives of victims of human rights abuses committed during the Pinochet regime, as well as some of those [...]

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Rampant government interference with press freedom threatens editorial independence and access to unbiased news in seven Latin American countries, according to a groundbreaking report released today. The study catalogues abuses in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Honduras, Peru, and Uruguay, including the widespread use of public funds to reward or punish news coverage.
“Millions of dollars [...]

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